We continue our tour of Blaise Pascal’s thoughts today where we left off: It is when a man embraces his ‘whole duty… to think as he ought’ (126) that he is faced with his inadequacies within himself. We must look outward, at something higher than ourselves “According to the doctrine of chance, you ought to […]
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Since Thanksgiving is just around the corner, thankfulness has been on my mind. I recently came across Ecclesiastes 7:10: “Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.” Guilty. I have constantly longed for a fantasy conjured up by blissful scenes from Anne of
“Man is obviously made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.” (146) Pascal explores the connection between purpose and thought. As christians we might be hesitant to agree with the mighty Pascal here. After all, isn’t the chief end of man
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Pascal’s triangle is one of the most recognizable patterns that a student explores in algebra. It’s also an essential pattern that comes up over and over again. Pascal, the man behind the triangle, was nothing short of a genius. Rumor has it that his brain worked so fast that he would write little bits of
As my children get older, I am often surprised to find that they are learning things that I don’t know. I shouldn’t be surprised, I am the one orchestrating their school year, gathering their curriculum, and planning out the lessons, but it still happens. While engaged in a healthy discussion with my eldest daughter, she
